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ROBERT BRUSCA
Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles ... JANET YELLEN We are seeing good income growth and consistently good job growth, so the consumer remains in relati...
GERALD ZUKOWSKI Canadian consumer spending is finally poised to hit the brakes after a spectacular run earlier this ...
DOUGLAS PORTER If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Increases in personal disposable income boosted consumer spending and that in turn contributed to th...
MAGAN MISTRY They will continue to grow. They won't be 8 million users by next year, but they will see decent gro...
BRUCE KASREL
U.S. economic activity continues to expand, led by solid growth in household spending. But business ... JANET YELLEN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT The cooling U.S. housing sector should apply a dampener to consumer spending as 2005-2006 unfolds, b...
SHERRY COOPER I'm not sure which form it will take -- maybe a lengthy period of subdued consumer spending or somet...
JAN HATZIUS Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD We like the entire region, but specifically we believe that the growth rates for consumer finance in...
DAVID NISSEN Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS A pattern of growth that was heavily skewed towards household spending was not going to be able to c...
MALCOLM EDEY Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was ad...
HARRY CURTIS In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol...
CARL STEIDTMANN Slowing income gains and increased uncertainty have savaged consumer spending. This has removed the ...
STEVEN WOOD A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE Exports also sustained growth in manufacturing. Government spending has accelerated and will continu...
AMPON KITTIAMPON Overall we still believe the recovery in the housing market will start to boost household confidence...
DOMINIC BRYANT Household confidence is very weak, suggesting household spending is vulnerable. We expect spreading ...
SHAMUBEEL EAQUB We definitely see a leveling off in sales growth this year. However, there are a number of positive ...
JAY MCINTOSH Until we can reach and sustain job growth of at least 150,000 every month, there will be growing sla...
LEE PRICE Indeed, we continue to believe the fourth quarter will mark the trough for revenues - a firming econ...
JUDAH KRAUSHAAR The real drivers of consumer spending and demand are real disposal income and real income. Unfortuna...
JACQUES BOTHA This (growth forecast) means that there's a foundation in the market. It's not spectacular growth bu...
FRANS VAN HOUTEN We believe that Lancaster Mall is an excellent property in a thriving market, with solid prospects f...
ALLAN SILBER The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER It is a good time if you're willing to accept slow growth and slow improvement. We do not anticipate...
KURT BARNARD We continue to believe this is a second half story, but need to see revenue growth return year-over-...
DANIEL NILES We are pleased with the increasing pace of revenue growth throughout this fiscal year fueled by stro...
CHRIS LIDDELL Given the slowing economic environment, 2001 will be a challenging year, particularly in the first h...
ALAN LACY We have maintained our focus on group profitability... While we continue to be cautious about consum...
KATE SWANN We do not believe that spending is at levels that will exceed demand at this time. We expect orders ...
JOSEPH BRONSON We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra...
JAN HATZIUS Newell will continue to struggle until it can sustain meaningful consolidated revenue growth. We are...
ERIC BOSSHARD The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS That's not to say consumer spending will collapse, but there's no doubt it will lag growth in the re...
ANTHONY CHAN Japan's consumer spending is pretty firm, and it's expected to pick up momentum further in the next ...
TAKUJI AIDA The consumer spending situation is improving in Europe; that's what we need to ensure durable growth...
DOMINIQUE BARBET We suspect economic activity over much of 2006 will be held back by sluggish consumer spending and t...
HOWARD ARCHER We look forward with confidence and believe this momentum will continue next year.
BRIAN GOGGIN With household finances already under considerable stress, one has to wonder if another round of rat...
BERNARD BAUMOHL We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER We believe the impressive top-line growth the company has achieved in recent quarters will be tough ...
LAURA CHAMPINE Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES We continue to believe that there will be no end-of-year 'catch-up' scenario in spending, given ente...
ARIANE MAHLER Ford will continue to develop new models that will need air bags, and we continue to develop new pro...
ALBY BERMAN It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS We expect vigorous growth for the first quarter of the year. If we continue having this type of indu...
GUILLERMO ORTIZ You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE Chinese economic growth remains solid and steady, and we continue to expect mildly slower but still ...
GRACE NG While city people continued their strong spending, rural people have increased their spending only g...
QI JINGMEI While the U.S. consumer appears to be in reasonably good shape, the risk lies in the potential for h...
ADRIENNE WARREN This confirms my pessimistic scenario of a 0.9 percent growth for 2004 and consumer spending recover...
EMMANUEL FERRY Strong global demand for semiconductors is driving our customers to increase and accelerate their ye...
JAMES MORGAN We played another solid game. Maybe more solid than spectacular.
EVEN PELLERUD Despite oft-mentioned concerns about higher energy and commodity prices, a lower growth rate for con...
DONALD A. NORMAN We continue to be very, very strong in this area. Those who sustain us year after year after year ar...
ANDY DILL We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Wireless should continue to contribute solid growth in the fourth quarter, but this growth is expect...
BILL AYLESWORTH Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO Samsung can continue to generate profit growth and earnings this quarter will be positive. The outlo...
CHOI CHANG HOON We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO We continue to benefit from the strength of our retail and credit businesses, which both contributed...
ARTHUR MARTINEZ I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the Ame...
NED RILEY
This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its be... BARACK OBAMA Jimmy was solid. He made some big saves at key times and earned a very good win, ... That is exactal...
BILL PETERS But we remain cautious because the car industry should weigh on spending while sales of household go...
EMMANUEL FERRY Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER
If we can get this economy moving and quit doing the things that prohibit growth, Alabama... can sus... JEFF SESSIONS Our pitching was solid this past weekend. I would like to believe that we will continue to see impro...
SCOTT BRADLEY We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-ge...
BERNARD EBBERS With income from grain crops, farmers will have about a normal income. But we are looking at farm in...
BOB WELLS We want to continue to grow but in a way that will sustain the quality of life … you try and strik...
MICHAEL LARSON We want to continue to grow but in a way that will sustain the quality of life you try and strike...
MICHAEL LARSON Growth will be sustained longer than expected. The Fed has more work to do; dollar strength will con...
DON ALEXANDER We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY During the quarter we had solid growth in the U.S., Canada and Latin America, with strong sales in t...
GARRY O. RIDGE Even if there will be no income for ten solid years,a man who is passionate about his beloved enterp...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We're especially pleased with solid fee income growth across the board, ... We see no signs of credi...
KEN THOMPSON Growth will continue to come from private spending, exports of electronics and commodities, and the ...
LESLIE TANG The consumer products that are out there are safe for consumer use. We believe this is an environmen...
DAVID BOOTHE We continue to believe that the underlying drivers of productivity growth are turning less favorable...
JAN HATZIUS Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO We continue to believe that all of the concern over the discounters' push into consumer electronics ...
GARY BALTER We continue to believe that all of the concern over the discounters' push into consumer electronics ...
GARY BALTER Companies that can consistently and substantially increase their dividends year after year have good...
DON TAYLOR
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market ... ALEX BERENSON Most people don't know that the Middle East has one of the highest growth in consumer spending in th...
FADI FARRA Capital spending is strong and will continue to be a key driver of growth. Japan's economy has clear...
SEIJI ADACHI Overall, we achieved solid results in 2005, with strong income growth in our tobacco businesses part...
LOUIS CAMILLERI While information technology products will continue to be the largest market sectors for semiconduct...
GEORGE SCALISE I believe I had a decent year as a freshman. But that's behind me. I'm looking forward to this year ...
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